by admin | Jan 4, 2006 | Crime & Courts
A Clinton-based Internet service provider has won an 11-billion dollar judgment against a junk e-mailer. Robert Kramer, the owner of C-I-S Internet Services, received the judgment against Miami, Florida, resident James McCalla, who was accused of sending millions of...
by admin | Dec 12, 2005 | Crime & Courts
Someone hacked into an Iowa State University computer system that stored confidential information of athletic donors and employees of the school — but it’s not believed the hackers wanted any of that info. Maury Hope of the I-S-U Information Technology...
by admin | Nov 29, 2005 | Business, Crime & Courts
Many Iowans skip the malls and embrace holiday shopping with -no- lines by shopping on-line. Still, the season of giving can also be the season for taking. Scott Mecham, spokesman for the Better Business Bureau, says scammers are busy coming up with new ways to...
by admin | Nov 12, 2005 | Politics & Government
The director of the Federal Reserve Bank’s “Center for the Study of Rural America” says small communities shouldn’t delude themselves into believing high-speed Internet access will be the “silver bullet” that will ensure their...
by admin | Oct 24, 2005 | Crime & Courts
State officials are warning Iowa parents to keep an eye on the web sites their kids are visiting. Iowa’s governor has declared this “Keeping Children Safe on the Internet Awareness Week.” Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation director Gene Meyer...
